I agree w/you. I also find it somewhat creepy...I wouldn't want a pic of a dead relative or anyone for that matter, unless it was while they were still living.

I think it's tacky and tasteless.

In the Victorian Era is was common to take Momento Mori, that would be pictures of the dead, either immediately after, or soon after, the death of a loved one. This practice was especially used with young children, and, if one googles momento mori, the images you will see are very frequently young children. This tradition still does carry one. It is not uncommon for there to be an image of the deceased sitting a top their casket. Usually this is a picture taken in life, however the general effect is the same. It's a little momento of the dead. Taking a picure of the corpse itself could be significant to others in ways one cannot understand themselves. Some people will take a picture of the dead in their casket to remind themselves how beautiful the funeral was. They may also do so out of tradtiion. In the end though, it's just a corpse. When my Great Grandpa died people did roughly the same thing. I tried to find an arguement for why it bothered me, but in the end I had to just sit back an accept that I may not like it, but they have their reasons, and he wouldn't care. My great Grandpa was gone, so in the end taking a picture of his body was just that, taking a picture of a dead man.

i think its sick! i really wouldnt want any pics of me laying there with grey skin hehe

I don't like that practice. Those who do it have their reasons, I'm sure. You didn't say what relationship you were to the deceased, but people should not take pictures of the deceased without permission from the next-of-kin.Only ignorant jerks would do so.